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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

519 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006



CTC003-022215-

HARTFORD CT-

519 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR EXTREME

SOUTHEASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY...



AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A TRAIN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN.  THE PRIMARY AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST 

OF MARLBOROUGH...OR NEAR COLCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS LYMAN BROOK 

NEAR MARLBOROUGH.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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